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gable

1 American  
[gey-buhl] / ˈgeɪ bəl /

noun

Architecture.

  1. the portion of the front or side of a building enclosed by or masking the end of a pitched roof.

  2. a decorative member suggesting a gable, used especially in Gothic architecture.

  3. Also called gable wall.  a wall bearing a gable.

Gable 2 American  
[gey-buhl] / ˈgeɪ bəl /

noun

  1. (William) Clark, 1901–60, U.S. film actor.

gable 1 British  
/ ˈɡeɪbəl /

noun

  1. the triangular upper part of a wall between the sloping ends of a pitched roof ( gable roof )

  2. a triangular ornamental feature in the form of a gable, esp as used over a door or window

  3. the triangular wall on both ends of a gambrel roof

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Gable 2 British  
/ ˈɡeɪbəl /

noun

  1. ( William ) Clark. 1901–60, US film actor. His films include It Happened One Night (1934), San Francisco (1936), Gone with the Wind (1939), Mogambo (1953), and The Misfits (1960)

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Other Word Forms

  • gable-like adjective
  • gabled adjective
  • gablelike adjective

Etymology

Origin of gable

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English, from Old French (of Germanic origin); cognate with Old Norse gafl; compare Old English gafol, geafel “a fork”

Example Sentences

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Among them are working drawings that prescribe the profile of every block of stone, each keyed to its exact place in the building, whether gable, tracery or buttress.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

The mural covers the gable end wall of a 19th Century Category C listed building overlooking the narrow School Wynd.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2023

Her “chief feline officer” orange tabby Serena enjoys a black gable roof catio connected by a 30-foot elevated tunnel to a wall cat door in her dining room.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 24, 2023

Todd Brunner buys this home, with three upstairs bedrooms and a steep, gable roof, in the spring of 2003.

From Salon • Nov. 17, 2022

He could mingle with the big groups that stumbled off the boats and raced through town for a few hours, photographing everything that looked old with a bit of gold on its gable.

From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke

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